Seal of Theodore, imperial spatharios and strategos of Thrakesionhide empty fields show empty fields
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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 27
Weight (g): 12,27
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Notched at the canal openings; strongly pressed on both sides

Dating

Date: 8th-9th C.
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Titulature
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History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Theodore
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2925
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 27
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Iconography: Invocative cruciform monogram of Laurent V type completed in the cantons with the usual tetragram.
Decoration: Circle of foliage
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 27
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Edition

obv

1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δού[λῳ]

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2[+] Θεοδ-
3[ώ]ρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπ-
4[αθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) στρατ-
5[ηγ(ῷ) τ]ον Θρ-
6[ᾳκ]ησ(ίων)

obv

Κ–Ο–Τ–.–.–Θ–Τ–Σ–Δ..

rev

1.ΘΕΟΔ
2.ΡΒΣΠ
3..ϗΣΤΡΑΤ
4...ΟΝΘΡ
5..ΗΣ

Legend and translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Θεοδώρῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τον Θρᾳκησίων.

Theotokos help your servant, Theodore, imperial spatharios and strategos of Thrakesion.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 170-171
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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